Mr. Wübbenhorst joined Greenhill as a Senior Advisor in 2012.  He is the former Chief Executive Officer of GfK SE, a leading global market research company based in Germany. He spent 20 years at GfK, first as Chief Financial Officer, then rising to CEO in 1998, a position he held until the end of 2011. In 2005 Mr. Wübbenhorst was awarded the title of Honorary Professor by the University of Erlangen- Nürnberg.